DTE Energy is a corporate holding company for electric and gas utility companies operating in Michigan. DTE Electric serves 2.2 million customers in Southeastern Michigan. DTE Gas delivers gas to 1.3 million customers in Michigan.

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‘Man who killed offshore wind’ now pushing fossil fuels and nuclear for Koch-funded Mackinac Center in Michigan

June 10, 2026

David Stevenson, who led a national campaign against offshore wind power for the Delaware-based Caesar Rodney Institute, is now fighting land-based solar and wind farms and promoting fossil fuels and nuclear power with the Michigan-based Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a group funded by the donor network of petrochemical billionaires Charles and Chase Koch. The...

Utility CEO pay surges amid higher profits, customer struggles

April 21, 2026

Utilities saw poor customer outcomes, lowered standards as they gave CEOs raises

Consumers Energy bankrolling opposition to Michigan political spending limits

November 4, 2025

Half of the funds raised to combat the ballot initiative trace back to the utility.

DTE dark money ties revealed in criminal court filings

June 23, 2025

DTE Energy employees directed the transfer of money from one dark money nonprofit to another tied to a Michigan official, recent criminal court filings show, contradicting years of the utility denying or downplaying its involvement in secretive political giving. The filings represent the most definitive evidence yet suggesting DTE employees have controlled the activities of...

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Reports

Utility industry contributions to section 527 political organizations

May 15, 2026

Electric utilities falling behind on emission reduction targets

March 17, 2025

Power Trip: How utilities use customer money to fund lobbying, corporate branding, and luxury lifestyle expenses

December 11, 2024

Powerless in the United States: the third installment in the Powerless in the Pandemic series

January 30, 2023

Getting Politics Out of Utility Bills

January 26, 2023

Utility front groups spending on disinformation advertising

September 23, 2022

Petition for FTC Investigation of Electric Utility Abuses

May 18, 2022

List of deceptive RNG and hydrogen projects proposed by utilities

January 6, 2022

Internal documents detail how gas utilities greenwash RNG and hydrogen

January 6, 2022

Many U.S. electric utilities plan slow decarbonization over next decade, out of sync with Biden plan

December 1, 2020

Strings Attached: How utilities use charitable giving to influence politics and increase investor profits

December 10, 2019

Utility Carbon Targets Reflect Decarbonization Slowdown In Crucial Next Decade

June 26, 2019

Utilities Knew: Documenting Electric Utilities’ Early Knowledge and Ongoing Deception on Climate Change From 1968-2017

July 25, 2017

Paying for Utility Politics: How ratepayers are forced to fund the Edison Electric Institute and other political organizations

May 9, 2017

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Featured Articles

‘Man who killed offshore wind’ now pushing fossil fuels and nuclear for Koch-funded Mackinac Center in Michigan

Utility CEO pay surges amid higher profits, customer struggles

Consumers Energy bankrolling opposition to Michigan political spending limits

DTE dark money ties revealed in criminal court filings

Reports

Utility industry contributions to section 527 political organizations

Electric utilities falling behind on emission reduction targets

Power Trip: How utilities use customer money to fund lobbying, corporate branding, and luxury lifestyle expenses

Powerless in the United States: the third installment in the Powerless in the Pandemic series

Getting Politics Out of Utility Bills

Utility front groups spending on disinformation advertising

Petition for FTC Investigation of Electric Utility Abuses

List of deceptive RNG and hydrogen projects proposed by utilities

Internal documents detail how gas utilities greenwash RNG and hydrogen

Many U.S. electric utilities plan slow decarbonization over next decade, out of sync with Biden plan

Strings Attached: How utilities use charitable giving to influence politics and increase investor profits

Utility Carbon Targets Reflect Decarbonization Slowdown In Crucial Next Decade

Utilities Knew: Documenting Electric Utilities’ Early Knowledge and Ongoing Deception on Climate Change From 1968-2017

Paying for Utility Politics: How ratepayers are forced to fund the Edison Electric Institute and other political organizations

Press

Detroit Free Press: DTE, Consumers rate hikes keep coming as outages drag on

The Guardian: CEOs of US’s top energy firms averaged nearly 16% pay raise to $12.3m, review finds

MLive: Michigan judges often recommend slashing utility profits. It rarely happens

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Featured Articles

‘Man who killed offshore wind’ now pushing fossil fuels and nuclear for Koch-funded Mackinac Center in Michigan

Utility CEO pay surges amid higher profits, customer struggles

Consumers Energy bankrolling opposition to Michigan political spending limits

DTE dark money ties revealed in criminal court filings

Reports

Utility industry contributions to section 527 political organizations

Electric utilities falling behind on emission reduction targets

Power Trip: How utilities use customer money to fund lobbying, corporate branding, and luxury lifestyle expenses

Powerless in the United States: the third installment in the Powerless in the Pandemic series

Getting Politics Out of Utility Bills

Utility front groups spending on disinformation advertising

Petition for FTC Investigation of Electric Utility Abuses

List of deceptive RNG and hydrogen projects proposed by utilities

Internal documents detail how gas utilities greenwash RNG and hydrogen

Many U.S. electric utilities plan slow decarbonization over next decade, out of sync with Biden plan

Strings Attached: How utilities use charitable giving to influence politics and increase investor profits

Utility Carbon Targets Reflect Decarbonization Slowdown In Crucial Next Decade

Utilities Knew: Documenting Electric Utilities’ Early Knowledge and Ongoing Deception on Climate Change From 1968-2017

Paying for Utility Politics: How ratepayers are forced to fund the Edison Electric Institute and other political organizations

Press

Detroit Free Press: DTE, Consumers rate hikes keep coming as outages drag on

The Guardian: CEOs of US’s top energy firms averaged nearly 16% pay raise to $12.3m, review finds

MLive: Michigan judges often recommend slashing utility profits. It rarely happens

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